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  • Kmart to close store in December

    The big red letter K that has anchored a Main Street shopping center for years will soon be a thing of the past.

    Kmart informed employees at its Lancaster location Wednesday, Sept. 12, that the store will close by the end of the year, said Kim Freely, a spokeswoman with Sears Holding Corp., Kmart’s parent company.

    Kmart has been at 960 N. Main St. since 1992, she said.

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  • Happy Birthday, Coach Kersey

    The likeness of the late Mike Kersey was painted on the spirit rock in front of Indian Land Middle School on Thursday, Sept. 13, in honor of his birthday, which was that day. Kersey, the high school’s former wrestling coach and physical education teacher at Indian Land Elementary School, died Oct. 4, 2011, from injuries sustained in an all-terrain vehicle accident.

       

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  • Patching the problems: hidden costs and possible solutions: The Long Road, part 3 of 3

    As motorists head out the door for their morning commute, coffee cups in hand, the sound most would like to hear is their favorite song playing on the radio.

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  • City names Heath to top court post

    Cammie Heath said she hoped for this moment and now it’s become a reality.

    City Council voted unanimously at its Tuesday, Sept. 11, meeting to appoint Heath as the city of Lancaster’s new court administrator. She succeeds Darlene Whitley, who retired earlier this year.

    Heath, who served as interim court administrator the past few months, has been with the city for nearly 11 years, working as an associate municipal judge.

    Her appointment as court administrator took effect immediately.

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  • Top of the class

    A commission charged with oversight of the state’s universities and colleges has ranked the University of South Carolina Lancaster as the most successful two-year campus in the state.

    According to a summary of college and university graduation rates prepared by the S.C. Commission on Higher Education (SC CHE), USCL scored a success rate of 66.9 percent.

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  • Driverless pickup rolls across parking lot, hits Hibbett’s

    A Lancaster sporting goods store was closed Thursday. Sept. 13, after it was involved in a head-on collision with a driverless pickup truck.

    The accident, at Hibbett Sports in the Lancer Center on S.C. 9 Bypass West, occurred just before noon as store manager Kayla Williams and employee Samantha Geiger assisted customers on what, until then, had been a routine day.

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  • A day to remember

    KERSHAW – The melody of the “Star-Spangled Banner” belted from Gordon Hann’s trumpet in a way that suggested strength and pride.

    Those within range stood at attention and listened intently as small American flags flapped slightly in the mild wind.

    While Hann’s musical notes spoke of freedom, the circle formed by the people on hand at Kershaw’s Stevens Park represented the type of unity that event organizers had in mind.

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  • GF man shoots himself while trying to take pistol apart

    A Great Falls man remained hospitalized at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 11, a few days after accidentally shooting himself in the stomach.

    The 46-year-old man was found by deputies just after 9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, inside an apartment in the 1000 block of Woodcreek Apartments, which is off Meeting Street, after the man’s friend called 911, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office incident report. 

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  • The Long Road: Part 2 of 3

    Roads have come a long way during the last century.

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  • Local woman wins $250K

    An Indian Land woman won big in the S.C. Education Lottery three weeks ago.

    According to a lottery press release, the unidentified woman won $250,000 by matching the first five numbers of the Aug. 17 Mega Millions drawing – (8-20-24-35 56). Her chances of winning were 1 in 3,904,701.

    The woman said she was parked in front of a convenience store when she realized she’d won and that her legs nearly failed her when she stepped out her car.

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